Hail, Caldwell
- When
- June 19, 3:50 PM EST
- Where
- Caldwell County, Granite Falls
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.800, -81.433
Hail in North Carolina, June 19, 2005
1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 19, 2:22 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 2:22 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 322 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... SCT CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING. EXPECT ISOLATED SEVERE HAIL AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY AND H5 COLD POOL DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. NAM SHOWS GOOD LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND LIFT OVERNIGHT ROTATING INTO THE AREA WITH SOME UPSLOPE COMPONENT. ONLY HAVE ISOLATED SHRA FOR NOW...SINCE IT DOES TEND TO OVER DO THOSE FEATURES. BELOW NORMAL LOWS AGAIN TONIGHT. UPPER LOW REMAINS IN THE AREA MONDAY ALONG WITH ITS ATTENDANT COLD POOL. MDLS INDICATE DEEP MOISTURE REMAINING OVER MOST OF THE AREA. THE DIFFERENCE IS SOME DRIER AIR BEGINS WORKING ITS WAY IN FROM THE EAST. ATMOS BECOMES UNSTABLE AS TEMPS/DEW POINTS VERY SIMILAR TO TODAY. THE MDLS DO HAVE A MID LEVEL INVERSION DURING THE AFTERNOON...BUT IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ENOUGH OF A CAP TO SHUT OFF CONVECTION. THEREFORE WILL KEEP A LOW CHC POP FOR THE AFTERNOON. AS MENTIONED ABOVE...HIGHS SIMILAR TO TODAY...MUCH BELOW NORMAL. CAPES WILL REMAIN AROUND 1000 J/KG TUE AND WED ON THE NAM. WILL KEEP POPS FROM SCHC TO CHC OVER THE MTNS. COLD FRONT MAY PRESS INTO THE NRN MTNS BY MID DAY ON WED...ENHANCING MOISTURE CONVERGENCE. && .LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)... MID CONUS RIDGE BEGINS TO SPREAD EAST ON THU WITH HEIGHTS CONTINUING TO RISE INTO THE WEEKEND. 6Z GFS BRINGS A WEAK BACK DOOR FRONT INTO THE CWA WED NIGHT...NAM A LITTLE QUICKER. THIS FEATURE WILL HAVE LITTLE MOISTURE TO WORK WITH...WILL LIMIT POPS TO SLGT CHC. BY THE WEEKEND...GFS WARMS H85 TEMPS TO AROUND 20C. HIGHS SHOULD REMAIN MID 80S MTNS TO AROUND 90S EAST...HOWEVER...DWPTS SHOULD INCREASE TO AROUND 70 FOR THE WEEKEND. LIS LESS THAN 0C BECOME WIDESPREAD SAT AND COOL FURTHER ON SUN. WILL ADVERTISE MTN/FOOTHILLS CHCS SAT AND WILL INCREASE COVERAGE EAST ON SUN. FOLLOWING MEX/HPC GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN CLIMATOLOGY. && .AVIATION... CONVECTION ALREADY GOING OVER THE CWFA ATTM. KCLT HIT WITH TSRA FIRST SO THEY START WITH TEMPO FOR TSRA. WILL HAVE VCTS AT ALL OTHER SITES AND AMEND AS NECESSARY. WILL LIKELY HAVE SCATTERED TO ISOLATED SHRA OVERNIGHT WITH MOIST ELY FLOW CONTINUING. HAVE INCLUDED SHORT WINDOW OF SHRA AND MVFR CENTERED ON 11Z WHEN MOISTURE AND LOW LEVEL LIFT MAXIMIZED. VFR BY 13Z OR 14Z. NO CONVECTION MENTIONED FOR THE REST OF THE MORNING...BUT LOOKS LIKE SCT TO ISOLATED TSRA AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON. CHC WILL BE GREATER WRN TAFS AND LOWER FOR THE ERN SITES. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...NED/RWH LONG TERM...NED AVIATION...RWH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 4:48 AM EST, 11 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 548 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-201000- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-CALDWELL- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON- MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 548 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY...ALTHOUGH THEY LIKELY WILL NOT BE AS STRONG OR AS SLOW MOVING AS STORMS OBSERVED ON SATURDAY. STILL...ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL ONE OR TWO STORMS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA...COULD BRIEFLY REACH SEVERE LEVELS. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AFTER SUNSET...BUT SCATTERED SHOWERS COULD BE ONGOING FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD DEVELOP AGAIN ON MONDAY. THE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD GRADUALLY STABILIZE MONDAY NIGHT AS LOW LEVEL FLOW BECOMES A DRYING...DOWNSLOPE FLOW. A WEAK BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION WEDNESDAY...BUT AS OF NOW...THIS FRONTAL PASSAGE LOOKS DRY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. 44
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 19, 2:31 PM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
331 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0325 PM HAIL LINCOLNTON 35.48N 81.25W
06/19/2005 1.00 INCH LINCOLN NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
ALSO HAM REPORTS. FELL FROM 315 TO 325 PM.
&&
07Local storm report, Jun 19, 2:37 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
337 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0320 PM HAIL 4 W LINCOLNTON 35.48N 81.32W
06/19/2005 1.00 INCH LINCOLN NC CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
07Local storm report, Jun 19, 2:41 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
341 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0315 PM HAIL 1 N YORK 35.01N 81.24W
06/19/2005 1.00 INCH YORK SC UNKNOWN
WIFE OF SPOTTER.
&&
07Local storm report, Jun 19, 2:41 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
341 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0315 PM HAIL 1 N YORK 35.01N 81.24W
06/19/2005 0.25 INCH YORK SC UNKNOWN
WIFE OF SPOTTER.
&&
07Special weather statement, Jun 19, 3:46 PM EST, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 446 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005 NCZ034>037-054>057-066>072-082-192200- ALEXANDER-BURKE NC-CABARRUS-CALDWELL-CATAWBA-CLEVELAND-DAVIE-GASTON- IREDELL-LINCOLN NC-MCDOWELL-MECKLENBURG-POLK NC-ROWAN-RUTHERFORD- UNION NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...GASTONIA...HICKORY... LINCOLNTON...MARION...MOCKSVILLE...MONROE...MORGANTON... RUTHERFORDTON...SALISBURY...SHELBY...STATESVILLE...TRYON 446 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005 ...WIDESPREAD STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT THROUGH EVENING... AT 445 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH AND AFFECT FROM LENOIR TO MORGANTON IN THE FOOTHILLS...AND FROM MOCKSVILLE TO STATESVILLE TO HICKORY IN THE PIEDMONT THROUGH 6 PM. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...AS WELL AS SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS. HG
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 3:46 PM EST, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 446 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005 NCZ034>037-054>057-066>072-082-192200- ALEXANDER-BURKE NC-CABARRUS-CALDWELL-CATAWBA-CLEVELAND-DAVIE-GASTON- IREDELL-LINCOLN NC-MCDOWELL-MECKLENBURG-POLK NC-ROWAN-RUTHERFORD- UNION NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...GASTONIA...HICKORY... LINCOLNTON...MARION...MOCKSVILLE...MONROE...MORGANTON... RUTHERFORDTON...SALISBURY...SHELBY...STATESVILLE...TRYON 446 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005 ...WIDESPREAD STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT THROUGH EVENING... AT 445 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH AND AFFECT AREAS FROM LENOIR TO MORGANTON IN THE FOOTHILLS...AND FROM MOCKSVILLE TO STATESVILLE TO HICKORY IN THE PIEDMONT THROUGH 6 PM. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...AS WELL AS SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS. HG
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:49 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5458488.